. Adventures of a young naturalist. Natural history. CHAPTER XVII. A FORCED MARCH—WILD-DUCKS—VEGETABLE SOAP—AN UNWELCOME GUEST. IT rained all night, and I awoke about seven o'clock in the ;@Ov4 morning, shivering with cold. It was Ascension-day, and I'Encuerado, before making up the fire, chanted a canticle, and, after the manner of Roman Catholics, piously crossed himself. We were soon comforted with some coffee, and then, each of us resuming his burden, started off to reach the foot of the mountain. Before plunging into the forest, I could not help looking back with regret at the cave we had
. Adventures of a young naturalist. Natural history. CHAPTER XVII. A FORCED MARCH—WILD-DUCKS—VEGETABLE SOAP—AN UNWELCOME GUEST. IT rained all night, and I awoke about seven o'clock in the ;@Ov4 morning, shivering with cold. It was Ascension-day, and I'Encuerado, before making up the fire, chanted a canticle, and, after the manner of Roman Catholics, piously crossed himself. We were soon comforted with some coffee, and then, each of us resuming his burden, started off to reach the foot of the mountain. Before plunging into the forest, I could not help looking back with regret at the cave we had scarcely explored, and in which so many archaeological curiosities re- mained buried. The sun only showed itself at intervals through grayish-looking clouds driven violently along by the east wind. The state of the earth, moistened by a rain which had lasted M. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Biart, Lucien, 1828-1897; Gillmore, Parker, ed. London. S. Low, Son, & Marston
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